Heavy metal with Russian folk-ballad phrasing, gritty live-room ambience; distorted guitar riffs locked to low balalaika and bowed folk strings, punchy kick-snare and tight modern bass; driving gallop, clipped rhythmic verses with a rough, charismatic male lead, percussive consonant hits, then a broad chantable chorus with gang-shouted replies and a compact instrumental turnaround before the final chorus.